Track-gage and level-board.



H. F. SUTTON.

TRACK GAGE AND LEVEL BOARD. 1

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 191s.

1.076,79?. Patented 0m28.191s.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY F. SUTTON, OF WYOMING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO'T01-IN MCNAIVIARA, OF SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACKGAGE AND LEVEL-BOARD.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that l, HARRY F. SUTTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Wyoming, in the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have. invented certain new and usefulimprovements in TracleGages and Level-Boards; and l do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined levelsand track gages and comprises a simple and eflicient device of thisnature having various details of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in theappended claims.

l illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichz Figurel is a perspective view of the track gage. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.Fig. 3 is a sectional view longitudinally through one end of the gage.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a board of any suitable material having a handle opening Bfor convenience in raising the device, and fastened to the under edge ofthe board is a plate D having lateral extensions E at one end with lugsF projecting at right angles therefrom, adapted to engage the rail of arailway. Said plate is countersunken in the recess A formed in thebottom of the board as shown and its lower face is flush with the loweredge of the board. A spirit level H is seated in the upper edge of thelevel and at one end of the board on the under edge thereof is an angledplate l. A. graduated bar O having series of teeth O upon one edgethereof is mounted to have a play through a transverse opening 02 formedin one end of the board and also the plate K and has a. lateral ex-Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1913.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

serial no. reason.

track gage. A. plate, designated by letter Q,

is mounted under the edge of the track gage and is provided with anadjusting screw F., passing through a slot therein and engaging a holelt in the board A, said plate Q having a lateral extension Q upon theend thereof designed to engage one of the tooth. O in said bar O to holdthe latter in an adjusted position.

By the provision of a track gage and level made in accordance with myinvention, it will be noted that a simple and eilicient device isafforded whereby the two are combined in one and so arranged that thegage may be held in various adjusted positions by means of the graduatedbar which affords means for holding one end of the gage at differentelevations.

1What I claim to be new is 1. A combined track gage and level consistingof an apertured board with a level thereon, a plate fastened at one endof said board and having lateral projections adapted to engage a railwayrail, a second plate with an offset therein fastened to the under edgeof the board adjacent to its other end and a graduated bar passingthrough the aperture in the board and having teeth upon one edgethereof, a lateral extension at one end of the bar adapted to seat insaid oifset in said second plate through which the bar passes, a platehaving a lateral extension for engagement with the teeth of said bar,and a screw for holding the last mentioned plate in an adjustedposition, as set forth.

EZ. A combined track level and" gage coinprising an apertured board witha level thereon, plates fastened to the under edge of said board, one ofsaid plates having lateral extensions, the other plate having an offsettherein forming a recess, a graduated bar movable through the aperturein the board and having teeth upon one edge thereof, a plate upon theunder edge of the In testimony whereof I hereunto aX my board and havinga lateral extension signature n presence of two witnesses.

adapted to enOaUe the teeth of said bar the latter provddb with alateral extenson HARRY F' SUTTON' 5 which, when the bar is at itsfarthest inner vWitnesses:

throw, seats n the recess in the plate having WVM. GARST,

the oset, as set forth. WM. R. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patent, Washington. I). C."

